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I have not been update-avoidant the past week because of LJ ennui, but because of extreme busyness. matociquala was here for a week, during which time we climbed four times, danced three nights, kayaked once, drank a lot, and crashed World Horror. I managed to hang out with mr_earbrass, vegan_vulcan, fadethecat, the handful_ofdusts, stillnotbored, marshallpayne1, stina_leicht, Orrin, Camille, Andrew, Jessica, and many more! I snuck into the dealers room long enough to buy an orthoceras fossil pendant from Lillian Butler and a copy of A Rope of Thorns from the CZP table. Two trips to Peché were undertaken, with various companions. And I even got a little more editing done on Kingdoms.

This morning I deposited matociquala at the airport, dropped the boy off at work, and took Gretchen to the vet. Gretchen's inner princess nature is once again manifesting with nasty allergies and autocannibalism, so she's currently wearing the Cone of Shame and full of pills. It's a hard life when one is both a princess and a shark.

Now I will eat some of the many leftovers crammed in my fridge, and try to do more revising.

Banana beet bread

I had the beets, I had the squishy bananas. I had to have the bread.

I found this whole wheat banana bread recipe and modified it. My version is vegan, but improved by a slather of butter.

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
.5 cup applesauce + a splash of almond milk (to replace the eggs)
.25+ cup vegetable oil (this was all I had in the bottle--I added an extra splash of almond milk to supplement)
1 cup brown sugar (if you prefer sweeter sweets, use a cup and a half)
3 bananas, smooshed
1 cup grated beets (approx 2 medium beets)
1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon (screw that "pinch" business)
A healthy dash of clove

Pour in a loaf pan and bake at 350 F for 1 hour 15 minutes. (I sprinkled more brown sugar on top for extra noms.)

It's dense and delicious and not dry, but a little more vegetable oil wouldn't hurt. Probably also the healthiest damn thing in the world. I meant to add a pinch of salt and forgot, but it's fine as is. Nuts would also be good, and probably blueberries or cranberries or orange zest, or chocolate, if that's your sort of thing.